Duffer Brothers Reveal Thrilling Plans For Stranger Issues Spinoff Amid Paramount Deal

The ultimate season of Stranger Issues hasn’t even been launched but, however the Duffer Brothers are already planning a brand new spinoff of the hit Netflix sequence. After 5 seasons, Stranger Issues is coming to an finish this fall and winter, with the sequence finale set for New Yr’s Eve.

A stage play has already debuted within the West Finish and on Broadway, and the animated sequence Stranger Issues: Tales from ’85 will premiere in 2026.

Matt and Ross Duffer aren’t stopping there, although. The creators and showrunners informed Deadline they’re at the moment “transferring ahead” with a brand new Stranger Issues spinoff for Netflix, though they just lately signed a take care of Paramount.

The dual brothers have now informed Netflix what the thought is for the present, which “annoyed” executives on the well-liked streamer as a result of they stored the main points a secret for some time.

Each Matt and Ross are “extraordinarily excited” in regards to the Stranger Issues spinoff and admitted that the premise is definitely “fairly totally different” than the unique sequence, regardless of being an extension of the franchise.

The Duffers do not assume they might’ve been in a position to enterprise down this path in the event that they did not really feel passionate in regards to the challenge. They wish to be sure that their spinoff thought is a top quality product as a substitute of simply creating one thing as a result of it has the title Stranger Issues connected to it.

So far as the storyline goes, the Duffers are staying quiet, although they did admit that Stranger Issues solid member Finn Wolfhard, who performs Mike Wheeler, appropriately guessed what the thought is, so he really knew in regards to the premise earlier than the executives at Netflix did.

Matt Duffer: We’re transferring ahead with it. Netflix, they lastly know what it’s. We held it. They had been so annoyed. We simply wouldn’t inform them. Finn [Wolfhard] guessed what it was. So he was the one one who knew.

Regardless of their Paramount deal, the Duffer Brothers plan to be “very, very concerned” within the Stranger Issues spinoff. They even revealed that they are really laborious at work on the present proper now, forward of the Stranger Issues season 5 premiere.

Matt Duffer: The spinoff thought is one thing that Ross and I got here up with that we’re extraordinarily enthusiastic about. It’s fairly totally different, although, than Stranger Issues. So I feel the secret’s that it’s coming from a spot of ardour, whether or not it’s from us or from someone else. It’s not an task. It’s not pressured like that. You’ve simply seen that too many occasions. The market, it’s diminishing returns at a sure level. You need it to really feel particular when it comes out. I would like, if one thing’s popping out with a Stranger Issues title on it, it’s good, it’s high quality. So Ross and I are going to stay very, very concerned, though we’re going to be at Paramount. In actual fact, we’re busy engaged on the spinoff thought proper now.

The Duffers’ take care of Paramount does not begin till April 2026, and whereas it is an unique settlement, it is doable there is a carveout of their contracts for something Stranger Issues-related. One other chance is that they’re creating the present proper now whereas they’re nonetheless with Netflix after which hand the reins off to whoever the showrunner finally ends up being as soon as they’re formally at Paramount.

Matt and Ross have already got expertise increasing the Stranger Issues franchise through the stage play Stranger Issues: The First Shadow (for which they developed the story) and the upcoming animated sequence Stranger Issues: Tales from ’85, which sees them concerned as govt producers however not the showrunners.

Stranger Issues is a pop cultural phenomenon the likes of which most streaming companies and networks have not seen within the fashionable tv period. It is one of the crucial well-liked reveals on Netflix, and there is nonetheless yet another season to be launched, with anticipation constructing each week till the pre-Thanksgiving premiere.

Regardless of how the OG Stranger Issues ends, followers can relaxation assured that the Duffer Brothers will hold everybody invested on this world for years to return.

Stranger Issues season 5 premieres Wednesday, November 26 at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST on Netflix.